Q: Is 3,147,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,147,040 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,147,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 20 26 32 34 40 52 65 68 80 85 89 104 130 136 160 170 178 208 221 260 272 340 356 416 442 445 520 544 680 712 884 890 1,040 1,105 1,157 1,360 1,424 1,513 1,768 1,780 2,080 2,210 2,314 2,720 2,848 3,026 3,536 3,560 4,420 4,628 5,785 6,052 7,072 7,120 7,565 8,840 9,256 11,570 12,104 14,240 15,130 17,680 18,512 19,669 23,140 24,208 30,260 35,360 37,024 39,338 46,280 48,416 60,520 78,676 92,560 98,345 121,040 157,352 185,120 196,690 242,080 314,704 393,380 629,408 786,760 1,573,520 and 3,147,040, with no remainder.

Since 3,147,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,147,040, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).